James R. Bentley (Schooner, 1867)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Fairport, Ohio
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Figure Head
Builder Name:: Bailey Brothers
Ownership Notes:: Nims, O. L., (1867): Richmond, H. A., (1867-1872); Hammond, B., (1869); Montgomery, H., (1872-1876);
Master(s):: Hammond, B., (1867-1869); Hamilton, C., (1871-1876); Richmond, R. A., (1872);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

April 15, 1867: Port: Cleveland Number: 3 of 1867
Document Type: Temporary Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel
Next document: Buffalo 5-8-1867
May 8, 1867: Port: Buffalo Number: 89 of 1867
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Chicago 4-14-1869
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April 14, 1869: Port: Chicago Number: 227 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: License Expired
Next document: Buffalo 5-4-1869
May 4, 1869: Port: Buffalo Number: 180 of 1869
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Arrived at Home Port
Next document: Buffalo 1-20-1872
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January 20, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 86 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-17-1872
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April 17, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 111 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 4-19-1872
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April 19, 1872: Port: Buffalo Number: 114 of 1872
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Buffalo 12-9-1878
View document online; Next document: (Vessel wrecked; 12-31-1878)

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, James R. Bentley (1867-1878)
Nationality:: American (1867-1878)
Chronology:: 1. 6/00/1868, Lake Michigan, damaged outfit by lightning and repaired, $300 loss;
2. 10/00/1868, Lake Erie, lost centerboard and outfit, repaired, $1, 400 loss;
3. 9/00/1869, St. Clair River, collision, repaired, $300 loss;
4. 10/00/1869, lost both anchors and chains, sprang a leak on Lake Erie, and repaired;
5. 11/16/1870, St. Helena Reef, Straits of Mackinac, ashore, (grain), released, $3, 200 loss;
6. 10/11/1870, Chicago River, lost fore top mast and repaired;
7. 10/10/1876, Buffalo, collision, (Barge, W. T. Graves), ashore and released;
8. 11/13/1878, about 20 miles from the Straits of Mackinac and about 14 miles from shore, Lake Huron, sank, (grain);

Notes

General notes:: 1871, she was valued at $32,000; 1878, she was valued at $17,000;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
2. Enrollment: Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. Vessel Register: 1871, 1873, 1876, 1878;
5. Captain J. W. Hall, Marine Disasters on the Western Lakes during 1869:
6. U.S. Merchant Vessels: (1868-1879);
7. Wright's Master Sheet;

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